Robert A Owen

Military

Crashed at Cologne on 10/17/44 in B-17 #43-38595, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38595

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stormy Weather
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 17 October 1944 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed the label for a KIA event to a "Prisoner of War (POW)" event per info in the "Summary biography" .
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
SOURCE: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=2&cat=all&tf…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9471 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database